4 Teeth

Katie now has 4 teeth. The top front two came in on the 29th (Saturday). I thought she had an earache (I get worried about this because her Dad's family has a history of ear problems in babies.) so I took her to the doctor, just to make sure, because she kept pulling at her hair at the back of her head. We get there and wait an hour. The nurse finally calls us in and wants to check her temperature with a butt thermometer. I said, "No, I don't want that." (No way am I going to let them hurt her little booty like that!) The pediatrics department NEVER checks her temp that way, so I knew it wasn't necessary. I was in Urgent Care this time, because the pediatrics snuck home early and closed up before 5, which is how late they're supposed to stay open. (I got there at 4:40) The nurse apparently didn't like that answer and asked me, not once, but twice "Are you REFUSING my service?" I finally had to tell her "YES, I'm REFUSING your service to hurt my kid's butt. Thanks anyway." So then she rudely tells me, "Will you ALLOW me to WEIGH her?" She weights her (20 lbs 5 oz), and sends me back to the waiting room where I was earlier. The two receptionist were sitting there whispering and gossiping about everyone in the room. I was watching them for quite a while, and one started putting a small paper in front of her mouth when she talked. I guess I wouldn't know she was talking about people if there was a 2 inch paper blocking her mouth....? LOL. Anyway, by that time I was there a total of 2 hours, and they finally called me in to see the doctor. So I sat in another room for about 25 minutes, while my Mom is playing Peek-A-Boo with Katie, and she starts cracking up, and then I see it. The reason she is cranky, the reason she is tugging her hair. (Last time I went to pediatrics they told me babies associate teething pain with the back of their head usually.) She has two little white dots poking out of her gums. Exciting. My baby now has 4 teeth :) I eventually left the doctor without being seen, since I KNEW that was the reason for my cranky baby. I gave her some motrin when we got home, and she was a sweet little girl again, until bedtime when she was too tired to function lol. Urgent Care= USELESS. Make an appt if you need to go to the doctors! lol. It was miserable there! At least Katie was being good for the most part during all the waiting.